Q: On my bmw the battery is reading 12v off and about 14.3 running is that good or bad
This morning all my lights were on including traction, abs, airbag, drivetrain, dsc amd brake light. All which wasn’t on yesterday. I have very little acceleration now as well. I was told it could be the battery? If it is do y’all program bmw batteries to the car
My car has 92500 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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